diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bb9e1ba..552bb0f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [submodule "gnulib"]
         path = gnulib
-        url = git://git.sv.gnu.org/gnulib.git
+        url = https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/gnulib
diff --git a/README-hacking b/README-hacking
index 8ed525f..16f16d9 100644
--- a/README-hacking
+++ b/README-hacking
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ few prerequisites, later, a plain 'git pull && make' typically suffices.
 
 You can get a copy of the source repository like this:
 
-        $ git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/<packagename>
+        $ git clone https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/<packagename>
         $ cd <packagename>
 
 where '<packagename>' stands for 'coreutils' or whatever other package